WOW! I just want to start out with thanking everyone for all their awesome reviews, now we're officially over 250 reviews! GAH! It's crazy awesome madness! I LUV YOU ALL! (sniff) and those who haven't reviewed...eh, thanks at least for reading it!

Well anyway, I'm really sorry for updating so late, my life's been so busy, like I'm surprised that I'm writing today with tennis, swimming, and also being sick (urgh)

But enough jabber, here it is!

I don't own Inuyasha (stomps around room madly)

Summer Heat

By: White Fuzzy Ears

Part X

Kagome panted as she laid on her back in the soft white sand at the edge of the pond. She glanced over to Inuyasha who sat next to her, his ears pivoting around in hope of hearing their two friends who they were currently fighting.

Even though the water-gun fight had been going on for about two hours now, Inuyasha was still intensely into it, his competitive spirit taking over. Kagome sighed as she rolled over so she was on her stomach and looking at Inuyasha who was still in his own world, eyes glancing around the area in slight paranoia.

"Inuyasha, why don't we just relax for a little, huh?" Kagome suggested at him with slightly pleading eyes. Sure it was fun while it lasted, but she was tired of getting water shot at her and just wanted to do something else less…stressful and more…rewarding (A/N: yeah, lets go with that).

"They might jump us at any time." Inuyasha growled as he fiddled with his gun.

Kagome sighed before going over to him and leaning against his shoulder, grabbing onto his arm gently. Inuyasha blushed at the open affection before hesitantly dropping his gun and wrapping his arm around her shoulders, pulling her slightly closer to him.

Kagome sighed in happiness before cuddling closer to him, moving her arms to wrap around his thin waist.

X X X X X X X X X X

"Miroku…" Sango started, annoyance obvious in her voice "Can't we just stop already? It feels like we've been at it forever!" she whined, dropping her arms to her side in emphasis.

"Sango, my dear, we need to beat Inuyasha for what he did to us." Miroku stated, almost growling in anger.

Sango blushed deeply at the memory, but a shy smile crept onto her face in happiness. But then it disappeared again as she remembered what Inuyasha had indeed done, ruining a veryhappy of her life.

The couple stopped walking when the approached the edge of a cliff next to the waterfall and from their angle, you could look down into the pond and see everything surrounding it.

"Wow…it's so beautiful…" Sango whispered as she edged closer to the cliff to feel the fresh air blow in her face.

Miroku scowled slightly when he looked down and saw Inuyasha, but then his face softened when he saw him and Kagome snuggling, enjoying a late afternoon moment.

Miroku sighed in defeat, knowing he couldn't interrupt their moment no matter how much he wanted to get back at Inuyasha, and looked over to Sango, about to ask her what she wanted to do now, but when he saw her his breath was caught in his throat.

Sango, oblivious to the starring monk, just enjoyed the moment she was having. She dropped her gun and spread her arms out, feeling the evening wind and warm sun on her face. She closed her eyes and undid her high ponytail, letting her hair fly around her from the wind.

Miroku continued to stare for a few minutes at his goddess before a smirk covered his face and he walked closer to Sango. Before she could react, he pulled her body towards his and crashed his lips over hers for a few brief moments.

Sango finally fluttered her eyes open after he'd pulled away, her eyes full and bright. He smiled dashingly at her before lightly squeezing her waist playfully.

But Sango was in such a daze that when he did that, she yelped and jumped away from him, dangerously close to the edge of the cliff. Miroku only chuckled lightly at her obvious flustered state before trying to walk back to her.

But when he looked back into her eyes he saw that they were tinted with confusion, but also fear.

"Sango…?" he asked tenderly before taking a step closer to her, his arms outstretched. But she only took a step away from him and shook her head lightly, tears starting to form in her eyes.

This only added to Miroku's worry and he took a few steps closer, arms almost around her. But she stumbled back and before she knew it, she was balancing on the edge with wide eyes.

Miroku reacted as quickly as he could, but couldn't catch her before she lost her balance and fell over the edge. And without so much as a second thought, he jumped off right after her.

X X X X X X X X X X

Kagome sighed in relief as she snuggled closer to Inuyasha, watching the pond's surface ripple from the soft summer winds.

Inuyasha, on the other hand, couldn't relax and was fidgeting slightly from thoughts that had gone through his head today, or more specifically, what he was going to ask Kagome before Miroku and Sango had ruined the moment.

Kagome looked up at him through her curtain of thick bangs to find his eyes darting around the clearing. But this time, she noted, he wasn't looking for something, but rather was trying to avoid looking at her.

She cautiously pulled away to sit across of him, Indian style that mirrored his own, and holding his hands in her dainty ones.

"Kagome…" Inuyasha whispered as he looked up at her and then down at their intertwined hands, a hint of nervousness in his voice.

"What's wrong Inuyasha?" Kagome questioned with care, "You can tell me." She finished with a smile, her white teeth gleaming. He fidgeted for a few more seconds before Kagome stopped him by squeezing his hands, urging him to talk.

"It's about what I was going to ask you in the tree before we got attacked by Miroku and Sango." He mumbled out, his eyes still not meeting Kagome's.

"What were you going to ask me?" Kagome asked, moving a few inches closer to him so that their knees were lightly brushing each other's.

"Well…it's just…" but Inuyasha couldn't continue as he starred into her big brown eyes that glittered from the streaming afternoon sunlight.

"Just say it already Inuyasha…" Kagome whispered as she leaned a little closer to his face.

"I was wondering…" Inuyasha broke off again as he dipped his head lower to hers too, his face beginning to soften.

Kagome didn't even mind that he wasn't talking straight as she moved closer, her hands now resting on his bare chest as his hands moved around her waist, pulling her even closer to him then she already was. She smiled lazily at him as their faces hovered next to each other's, their lips a not more then a few inches away.

Finally, they fluttered their eyes shut…and…

…CUT! That's a wrap folks! And wow, do you honestly think I'd leave the story like this? I THINK NOT! So that must mean…this isn't the last chapter and there's more to come?! You may all dance with happiness now! I honestly wanted to end it with this chapter in the beginning of this but it just never happened and kept going…oh well, your guy's gain.

And yes, I'm sorry for the MAJOR cliffy (at least Miroku and Sango kissed) I left you with after not updating in what, a month? But that's what you get for me agreeing to not stop the story. But, if you must, you can flame at my stupidity and lazy procrastination, just not the story pweaz!

And if you review, thanks a million and sorry for such a long A/N